Dr. M. N. BrahmbhattASHWINI BHUPAL TARE2017-05-182017-05-182012http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810011445Bacillus cereus is a common contaminant frequently isolated from foods and dairy products and the fact that the bacterium has a remarkable ability to survive different environmental stresses makes it difficult to separate it from dairy products. The spores survive pasteurization and transfer from raw milk to pasteurized milk products. There are mainly two types of illness caused by B. cereus in human beings namely diarrhoeal and emetic types. The recent studies reporting the foodborne illness being caused by all the members of B. cereus have made the specific identification of B. cereus more important. India being a vast and subtropical country with plethora of food varieties being prepared at household and commercial level provides an ideal situation for an organism like B. cereus to survive and grow leading to health hazards. In the background of Indian scenario, the present investigation attempts to isolate and characterize the B. Cereus from milk and milk productsenVeterinary Public HealthStudyThesis